xiv, 599 pages : 26 cm

Includes index

1. Reference (Normal) Values -- 2. Causes for Variation in Laboratory Testing -- 3. Evaluating Usefulness of Laboratory Tests -- 4. Acid-Base and Blood Gas Disorders -- 5. Water and Electrolyte Balance -- 6. Renal Function and Urinalysis -- 7. Carbohydrate Metabolism -- 8. Lipids -- 9. Plasma Proteins -- 10. Laboratory Evaluation of Mineral and Bone Metabolism -- 11. Laboratory Diagnosis of Liver Disease -- 12. Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle -- 13. Laboratory Evaluation of Thyroid Function -- 14. Laboratory Evaluation of Adrenal Function -- 15. Pituitary Function -- 16. Gonadal Function Test -- 17. Diagnosis and Monitoring of Pregnancy -- 18. Principles of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring -- 19. Toxicology -- 20. Body Fluids -- 21. The GI Tract and Pancreas -- 22. Evaluation of Nutrition -- 23. Tumor Markers -- 24. Red Blood Cell Disorders -- 25. White Cells and Related Disorders -- 26. Evaluation and Diagnosis of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias -- 27. Laboratory Evaluation of Hemostasis

28. Evaluation of Urinary Tract Infection -- 29. Respiratory Tract Infection -- 30. Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- 31. Evaluation of Suspected Infectious Diarrhea -- 32. Wound and Body Fluid Infections -- 33. Opportunistic Infections -- 34. Selecting and Monitoring Antibiotic Therapy -- 35. Use of Serologic Procedures to Diagnose Infections -- 36. Laboratory Assessment of Immunologic Function -- 37. Laboratory Evaluation of Autoimmunity -- 38. Factors Affecting Laboratory Tests

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